![]() ![]() There is an amusing scene where she runs after him on horseback, echoing the fabulous troop truck scene in "Parade" when she falls in the dust, clutching his shoe. Thereafter, the men laud him, the woman make over him, and Mariana, who had her chance, is ignored, but so pointedly that we know he still loves her madly. Taunted beyond bearing, Lukashka wins his scar when men from the neighboring town steal horses under cover of night. His childhood sweetheart, Mariana (Adoree)loves him, but being a simple girl, would like it better if he were like the rest. He is taunted by his father,and humiliated by the other young men in the village, who (naturally) view war as a rite of passage, and simply the Thing That A Man Does, or he is no man. Lukashka, (Gilbert)loves simply to live - he finds delight in the small things that surround him. It's the story of one Cossack leader's son who will not go to war. The scenery is gorgeous, the wardrobes are great, the humour is as fresh today as it was when they all put on those big fur hats and saddled up. They made a lot of movies together, and this one is no "Big Parade", but it's worth seeing.
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